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By Michael Kindig, December 5, 2009
Mojave Road Shack
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On Lanfair Road at Goffs Road, on the right when traveling south on Lanfair Road. |
| | Pah-Ute Creek, which runs year around, attracted many Indian tribes, who used several Indian trails through this area. The first white man to visit Pah-Ute Creek was Fr. Francisco Garces in May of 1776. It was given it's name by Lt. A.W. Whipple . . . — — Map (db m78577) HM |
| On Essex Road at Black Canyon Road, on the right when traveling north on Essex Road. Reported missing. |
| | Modern Pioneers, Miner and Geologist
who helped to preserve these caverns — — Map (db m78594) HM |
| On Old Woman Springs Road (California Route 18) at Rabbit Springs Road, on the right when traveling west on Old Woman Springs Road. |
| | Conflicts between Indians and white settlers over the rich lands of the San Bernardino Mountains culminated in The Battle at Chimney Rock on February 16, 1867. Although the Indians defended themselves fiercely, they were forced to retreat into the . . . — — Map (db m63982) HM |
| | Rising above the Carrizo Plain is Painted Rock, an important cultural and spiritual site to California’s native peoples. Most of the pictographs, or painted images found on Painted Rock, are characteristic of the Chumash who lived on the Channel . . . — — Map (db m126610) HM |
| Near Mori Point Road 0.1 miles west of Cabrillo Highway (State Highway 1). |
| | Who were the first people of these lands? The Aramai settled at Calera Creek and used lands at Mori Point for over 3,000 years. Their villages, Timigtac and Pruristac, totaling 50 people, made up a distinct tribe among . . . — — Map (db m155297) HM |
| On West Mason Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Thought to have once been the Indian Village of Syujtun, this site has yielded some of the most important archeological evidence found in California. In 1542 the village was recorded by Cabrillo while on his Voyage of Discovery, and again, in 1769, . . . — — Map (db m137508) HM |
| Near Mount Umunhum Road near Mount Umunhum-Loma Prieta Road. |
| | Mount Umunhum is a sacred site for today's Amah Mustun and Muwekma tribal bands, who are the living descendants of the ancestral Ohlone tribes native to the region. Along with the eagle, hawk, and raven, the hummingbird plays an important role in . . . — — Map (db m114626) HM |
| | For thousands of years, the hill rising in front of you was an island. Ancient Lake Modoc lapped against its base, scouring cliffs. Later, Native Americans canoed to these cliffs to carve symbols in the soft volcanic tuff, and Modocs still tell of . . . — — Map (db m13736) HM |
| On North Fork Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Kaweah Cooperative Colony was a Utopian project started in 1886. For several years it attracted international attention and many settlers came here and actually did much to further their ideals. Unable to secure title to the land, and because . . . — — Map (db m155581) HM |
| On Orchard Street south of North Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On August 11, 1769, the explorers and priests accompanying Portolá found a populous village of Piru Indians near this point. Carrying their bowstrings loose, the Indians offered necklaces of stones, in exchange for which Portolá presented them with . . . — — Map (db m117174) HM |
| Near Lang Ranch Parkway 0.5 miles west of Westlake Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Dating as far back as 12,000 years ago until the late 1800’s, Chumash people had established many villages and seasonal encampments in this area due to territorial and ritual privileges and the abundant source of food and water bestowed upon the . . . — — Map (db m154420) HM |
| | The low-lying Scorpion Valley has always been subject to
flooding, but overgrazing by sheep increased the intensity.
One night in December 1997, over a foot of rain fell on eastern Santa Cruz Island, sending a torrent of mud and water . . . — — Map (db m141329) HM |
| On Lane 6N 1.2 miles west of State Highway 150, on the left when traveling west. |
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This landscape is the result of dramatic climate changes that affected plants, animals, and humans. In ancient times, large shallow lakes existed on today's valley floor, and American Indians of the Clovis culture pursued great herds of large . . . — — Map (db m160699) HM |
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This Payan corrugated jar was found here at the Pit House site and was used for storage of corn, beans and wild seeds.
Mancos [and] Payan Corrugated
This style of pottery was often used for cooking. The corrugations helped the . . . — — Map (db m160560) HM |
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The Northern San Juan Surface Pit House that was constructed here is composed of one large room used as a dwelling area and 3 rectangular room blocks used for storage.
[Left illustration caption reads]
Typical cross-section of surface pit . . . — — Map (db m160562) HM |
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Kivas or Ceremonial Houses were not only used for religious ceremonies but may have been used for governmental and social events as well. Kivas varied in size and had flat or cribbed roofs.
The cribbed roofs of kivas were constructed of logs laid . . . — — Map (db m160561) HM |
| On Chimney Rock Road (Forest Road 617) east of State Highway 151, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Learning About Our Past, Preserving Our Legacy
The extraordinary archaeological resources at Chimney Rock have helped illuminate the history of the ancestral Puebloans who lived here over a thousand years ago. They built structures from the . . . — — Map (db m153331) HM |
| On U.S. 491 at Guyrene Street, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 491. |
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Ancestral Puebloans
Beginning around A.D. 600, Ancestral Puebloans built Colorado's first permanent towns in the canyon country south of here. Hundreds of these settlements sprawled across the desert, with an overall population possibly . . . — — Map (db m160128) HM |
| On U.S. 491 at Guyrene Street, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 491. |
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• The Unaweep/Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway is a remarkable tour through western Colorado's remote canyon country. Copper, radium, vanadium, and uranium all enticed miners here; . . . — — Map (db m160155) HM |
| On Mildred Road north of Main Street (U.S. 160), on the left when traveling north. |
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Canyons of the Ancients National Monument encompasses 164,000 acres of southwest Colorado. It was established on June 9, 2000, to protect the cultural and natural resources of the canyons and mesas.
For hundreds of years, the canyons and . . . — — Map (db m160230) HM |
| On Mildred Road north of Main Street (U.S. 160), on the left when traveling north. |
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For more than 12,000 years, Native American people have inhabited this area. As the Ice Age ended, these nomadic people hunted bison and mastodons in the valleys, and gathered plants along the edges of glacial lakes and wetlands. . . . — — Map (db m160236) HM |
| | Yucca House National Monument Dec. 19, 1919. A fine example of a valley pueblo being held by National Park Service — — Map (db m71498) HM |
| | Surrounded by deep canyons, villages here seem isolated, cut off from people on other mesas. Look closely at these cliffs and imagine hand and toe trails pecked into the sheer sandstone. These vertical trails were the Anasazi’s highways; steep . . . — — Map (db m71206) HM |
| | Adapting to Alcoves To level the sloping alcove floor, the Anasazi filled in behind retaining walls. The altered floor not only supported rooms but also provided working space and a safe play area for children.
Oak Tree House appears to . . . — — Map (db m71209) HM |
| | There is an enormous gap between identifying pithouse features—the hollows and scattered stones—and visualizing the inhabitants’ daily lives. Set in the four corner post holes, timbers supported a ceiling that was probably head-high. . . . — — Map (db m71203) HM |
| | Mesa-top and Alcove Living Although the Puebloan used the cliff alcoves throughout the entire time they lived in Mesa Verde, the cliff dwellings themselves were not built until the final 75-100 years of occupation. For over 600 years these . . . — — Map (db m71207) HM |
| On Mesa Top Loop (State Highway 10). |
| | There are about 600 alcove sites in Mesa Verde National Park. About 90 percent contain fewer than 11 rooms. At least one-third are simply one room structures, probably storage rooms for a nearby cliff dwelling. There are only about a dozen cliff . . . — — Map (db m153353) HM |
| On Mesa Top Ruins Road 2.9 miles south of Mesa Verde Ruins Road (State Highway 10), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The cliff dwelling across the canyon is named for Mary Tileston Hemenway who funded the first scientific archaeological expedition in the southwest. At the time cultural objects were often removed for souvenirs or profit. Hemenway's support provided . . . — — Map (db m153346) HM |
| Near Mesa Top Ruins Road (State Highway 10). |
| | Montezuma Valley (below you) and Mesa Verde (where you now stand) were once part of the Ancestral Pueblo homeland. Between 600 and 1280 CE*, hundreds of villages and farming communities thrived on the mesas, plateaus, and canyons that form this . . . — — Map (db m153343) HM |
| On Mesa Top Loop (State Highway 10). |
| | The move to the alcoves began around 1200 CE and by mid-century, there were more than 30 cliff dwellings in the Cliff and Fewkes Canyon neighborhood. Several are visible from here. Imagine these canyons filled with the sights and sounds of a . . . — — Map (db m153352) HM |
| On Mesa Top Loop (State Highway 10), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Children born in one of these cliff dwellings in 1225 CE experienced many changes in
their lifetime. Over the course of roughly 75 years, they and their families witnessed the migration from mesa top villages into alcove communities; a significant . . . — — Map (db m153350) HM |
| Near County Road 1220 near Interstate 70, on the right when traveling north. |
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These stone structures appear to be the remains of historic labor camps. Occupied during the late 19th Century, they were used as temporary dwellings by immigrant workers completing railroad construction in Ten Mile Canyon.
The architecture . . . — — Map (db m120009) HM |
| On East River Road 1.7 miles south of Route 20, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Who Lived Here ?
James Chaugham (a Native American who was, according to his granddaughter, a member of the Narragansett Tribe) and his wife, Molly (of European descent), lived in a village located here for fifty years,
in what became Peoples . . . — — Map (db m102323) HM |
| | You are now looking into the Lighthouse Village cemetery. The unmarked, upright field stones
designate the final resting places of many who lived in the community, including the founding couple,
James Chaugham, a Native American, and Molly . . . — — Map (db m102325) HM |
| Near East River Road 1.7 miles south of Connecticut Route 20. |
| | The residents of the Lighthouse community were largely self-sufficient
when it came to their subsistence. Bone fragments found in their
fireplaces show that they ate deer and small wild game. Gun flints (used
in flint-lock rifles) and gun . . . — — Map (db m112198) HM |
| On Dayett Mills Road south of Old Baltimore Pike, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Pencader Heritage Museum and Research Center highlights artifacts that reflect life in Pencader Hundred from the Colonial Era through the Afghanistan War. Our rotating displays reveal the rich heritage to be found in this area. We have items of . . . — — Map (db m156798) |
| On W Street Southeast at 14th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling east on W Street Southeast. |
| | This imposing property once belonged to Anacostia’s most famous resident: Frederick Douglass. After escaping slavery as a young man, Douglass rose to become a distinguished abolitionist, writer, publisher, and orator. By the 1860s Douglass was . . . — — Map (db m88723) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Penobscot tribe of Maine believed this plant to have protective powers; they chewed a piece of the aromatic root to ward off disease when traveling or used steam from the root to prevent illness. — — Map (db m144624) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Native Americans used the stalk for fiber in the same way Europeans used their hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. Indian Hemp is superior, however, because it is stronger and lasts longer.
This herb is poisonous. — — Map (db m144567) HM |
| Near Eagle Nest Road Northeast 0.1 miles south of Meadow Road Northeast, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Chippewa used this herb to season food and chewed the root to relieve indigestion. The Iroquois used the roots to preserve meats. — — Map (db m144574) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | This plant was one of the most important medicines of the Menomini. The pulverized root was used for cuts and wounds, and was mixed with other roots for additional cures.
This herb is potentially toxic if taken internally. — — Map (db m144617) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Cherokee used the leaves and woody stem to make a blue die. The Mohegan bathed their cuts and wounds with an infusion of the plant. This entire herb is toxic. — — Map (db m144568) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Cherokee used the root of this herb to make a strong diuretic for urinary and bladder complaints. The seeds of this plant are poisonous. — — Map (db m144619) HM |
| Near Eagle Nest Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Menomini believed the tea made from the roots to be a cure-all for stomach troubles. — — Map (db m144607) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Louisiana Choctaws chewed the bitter bark of this shrub to relieve toothaches. They also drank a strong decoction (extract) of it to treat diarrhea.
The leaves have poisoned grazing animals. — — Map (db m144625) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles west of Ellipse Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Cherokee used the wood of this tree for building and carving. Early settlers in the southern Appalachians used the root bark for dye and the yellow heartwood for gunstocks. Today, yellowwood is popular in urban settings for its resistance to . . . — — Map (db m144694) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The leaves of this herb were thrown on fires by the Potawatomi of Michigan to create a smudge to deter mosquitos. The Ojibwe used the leaves for a tea to cure stomach cramps. — — Map (db m144611) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | This shrub produces a sweet, edible nut. The Cherokee drank a tea made from the bark for hives. — — Map (db m144570) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The stigmas are used in yellow food coloring and flavoring. Chemical analysis of ancient linens and mummies' winding sheets confirms its use as a dye. Today, it is used more as a spice and in cosmetics than as a textile dye. — — Map (db m144652) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Native peoples of eastern North America drank a tea of this plant to produce sweating when treating fever and colds. — — Map (db m144616) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Plains Indians considered this herb to be one of the most important medicinal plants. Its root was the universal antidote for snakebites and all kinds of venomous bites and stings. — — Map (db m144605) HM |
| Near Eagle Nest Road Northeast 0.1 miles south of Meadow Road Northeast, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Meskwaki used the fresh outer bark, pounded into a poultice (compress), to heal facial sores. They steeped the inner bark to make an eye lotion. — — Map (db m144577) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Menomini used a decoction, or extract, of the root to treat the genitourinary tract. The Potowatomi made a poultice of fresh leaves to treat burns, and the Ojibwe bathed babies in a solution of the root to strengthen them. — — Map (db m144569) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The northern Iroquois used the leave to make a tea that was considered a tonic and cure for colds and fevers
This herb may damage the liver. — — Map (db m144612) HM |
| Near Eagle Nest Road Northeast 0.1 miles south of Meadow Road Northeast, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Meskwaki of Minnesota pounded the astringent root of this geranium in an animal bladder to make a poultice for hemorrhoids. — — Map (db m144596) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The root furnished an effective purge of the bowels and an emetic to induce vomiting. — — Map (db m144626) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | According to Cherokee belief, the roots of sneezeweed and Veronica noveboracensis steeped in warm water acted as a contraceptive by preventing menstruation for two years. — — Map (db m144614) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The root, a powerful astringent, was used by Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek of the Southeast when conditions required an astringent or "puckering" medicine. — — Map (db m144613) HM |
| Near Eagle Nest Road Northeast 0.1 miles south of Meadow Road Northeast, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Native American medicinal uses of the root included treatment of the eyes and skin and for cancers and venereal diseases. The yellow root provided dye.
This plant should be avoided during pregnancy. — — Map (db m144572) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Yaupon was a common drink of the Southeastern tribes, taken mainly for its emeting (vomit-inducing) action, which was a means of purification.
The fruit is poisonous. — — Map (db m144604) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The common name for this plant comes from its purported use as a Native American smoke. It was used by the Seneca as an emetic (vomit-inducer) and for coughs.
The whole plant is poisonous. — — Map (db m144621) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | American Indians used the leaves of this small tree to make a medicinal tea for the treatment of chills, colds, and other ailments. Early American physicians used it as a quinine substitute as well as to treat gout, rheumatism, and respiratory . . . — — Map (db m144692) HM |
| Near Eagle Nest Road Northeast 0.1 miles south of Meadow Road Northeast, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Cherokee used this plant for whooping cough and consumption. — — Map (db m144608) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The St. Lawrence Montagnai considered the cooked berries a fever medicine. The dried leaves were added to Chippewa smoking mixtures. — — Map (db m144622) HM |
| Near Eagle Nest Road Northeast 0.1 miles south of Meadow Road Northeast, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Sweet Cicely roots taste and smell like anise. Oil from the roots contains sugar, fats, resins and tannin. Chippewa Indians women drank the tea of the roots to aid in childbirth. — — Map (db m144601) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In the spring, the Menomini limited their diet to the young coiled fern tips (croziers) so that their bodies had the scent of the fern. This allowed them to get close to deer to hunt them. — — Map (db m144566) HM |
| Near Eagle Nest Road Northeast 0.1 miles south of Meadow Road Northeast, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Pamunkey of Virginia treated rheumatism with boiled poke berries. Several tribes used berry pigments as a dye.
All parts of the plant are poisonous. — — Map (db m144571) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Native Americans made use of poke berries as a body paint. Later the Colonists found it an inexpensive source of red dye for woolens. Young leaves yield brilliant yellows on wool.
Caution: poisonous — — Map (db m144660) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The roots were used by the Meskwaki Indians of Wisconsin to induce vomiting. They called the plant 'fine hair woman medicine'. — — Map (db m144623) HM |
| Near Eagle Nest Road Northeast 0.1 miles south of Meadow Road Northeast, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This plant was called the "reviver" by the Menomini and Fox because inhaling the smoke of the heated root revived unconscious patients. — — Map (db m144578) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles west of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | North-central Native Americans made a medicine with the rose hip skin for stomach troubles. — — Map (db m144603) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The roots of this sage were used by Native Americans to make a salve for sores. — — Map (db m144620) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Cahuilla of southern California believed a tea made from this plant to be an effective remedy for reducing fevers and curing colds. — — Map (db m144618) HM |
| Near Eagle Nest Road Northeast 0.1 miles south of Meadow Road Northeast, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Smoke from the burning root was used by the Meskwaki to revive unconscious patients, to hush a crying child, and to cast spells. — — Map (db m144573) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Potowami called it "yellow top" and made a tea of the flowers to treat fevers. — — Map (db m144615) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | A decoction of the root was used for female diseases and to bring on childbirth by some tribes; others used it to treat headaches and rheumatism. — — Map (db m144606) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Chippewa made pemmican (high-energy food) by adding dried blueberries to moose fat and deer tallow. Native Americans also made a tea of blueberry roots to treat diarrhea and to ease childbirth. — — Map (db m144610) HM |
| Near Meadow Road Northeast 0.1 miles east of Eagle Nest Road Northeast, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The black roots contain a substance with powerful emetic (vomit-inducing) and cathartic (bowel-purging) properties which was used by the Senecas and Menomini.
This root is potentially toxic. — — Map (db m144602) HM |
| On Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50) west of 17th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. |
| | English:
An Inuksuk is a northern stone land marker used by the Inuit for navigation, communication and to mark hunting and fishing grounds; it symbolizes the traditional Inuit way of life.
Canada presented the Inuksuk to the . . . — — Map (db m114937) HM |
| On Sherier Place Northwest just south of Edmunds Place Northwest, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Inhabitants
When Captain John Smith first sailed up the Potomac in 1608, he encountered several Native American villages on both sides of the river in what was later to become the District of Columbia. Various names have been assigned to . . . — — Map (db m144993) HM |
| On Sherman Avenue Northwest at Columbia Road Northwest, on the right when traveling north on Sherman Avenue Northwest. |
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The House at 3017 Sherman Avenue once was a boardinghouse for Howard University students. In 1923 a determined and talented young woman from the tiny town of Eatonville, Florida, lived here while earning an Associates Degree at Howard. In a . . . — — Map (db m130759) HM |
| On S Street Northwest at 22nd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west on S Street Northwest. |
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Mitchell Park was the site of the two-story brick Holmead farmhouse built in 1795 by Anthony Holmead. The house remained in the hands of the Holmead descendants until the 20th century. In 1929 the house was razed by the German government which . . . — — Map (db m113372) HM |
| On Nebraska Avenue Northwest north of New Mexico Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south. |
| | While wooden carved statues called Jang-seung traditionally stood on the Korean mainland, stone-carved statues called Dolhareubang stood on the volcanic island of Jeju.
Historically, Dolhareubang were erected at the entrances of the areas most . . . — — Map (db m117829) HM |
| On Nebraska Avenue Northwest south of New Mexico Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The residents of Jeju Island did not require gates, but instead utilized long, horizontally placed wooden poles placed outside the entrances of their homes. These wooden poles are called Jeong-nang and they are supported by two large vertical stone . . . — — Map (db m117827) HM |
| Near Jefferson Drive Southwest west of 3rd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the middle of the wetlands, you can see the entire life cycle of the unusual bald cypress tree. A fallen cypress was placed in the wetlands to evoke an authentic wetlands environment--and a young cypress has begun to grow out of the stump of the . . . — — Map (db m110077) HM |
| Near Jefferson Drive Southwest west of 3rd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Shhhh, quiet please! Listen.
Can you hear the echo of the water bouncing off the rock?
Stand in front of this boulder, and listen to the echo of the water. This stone surface amplifies sound, just like ancient Mayan ball courts. In . . . — — Map (db m113973) HM |
| On Maryland Avenue Southwest at 3rd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling west on Maryland Avenue Southwest. |
| | Did you know that this type of stone was used to make arrowheads?
This 544 million-year-old rock is quartzite, a very hard stone used to make arrowheads by the local Nanticoke peoples. It came from Sugarloaf Mountain in Maryland's . . . — — Map (db m114145) HM |
| On Jefferson Drive SW at 3rd Street SW, on the right when traveling east on Jefferson Drive SW. |
| | This granite stone is one of the oldest on earth – four billion years old! Before its two-week journey to Washington, D.C., the Dogrib (Tlicho) community of Acasta Lake, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, blessed the stone. The Dogrib recount . . . — — Map (db m49627) HM |
| Near Maryland Avenue Southwest west of 3rd Street Southwest, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This boulder traveled more than 18,000 miles from the southernmost point of South America! Between 65 and 145 million years old, this granite stone was given to the museum by the Yagán people of Chile. The Yagán want this stone to represent their . . . — — Map (db m113961) HM |
| Near 4th Street Southwest north of Independence Avenue Southwest, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This 300-year-old lava stone has a name: Kane Po. After a 20-year stay at the museum, it will return to its home in the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park near Hilo. Native Hawaiians consider it to be a living relative. It is one of four Cardinal . . . — — Map (db m113975) HM |
| Near Jefferson Drive Southwest east of 3rd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Native peoples honor the Four Directions through ceremony, song, art, and architecture. On the edges of the museum site, four large stones known as Cardinal Direction Markers honor Native cultures of the north, south, east, and west. Can you . . . — — Map (db m113969) HM |
| On Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50) east of 12th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This portrait of an Olmec ruler is among 17 colossal heads known from one of the world’s great ancient civilizations. Without wheels or iron tools, the Olmec created spectacular monumental sculptures and ceremonial centers on Mexico’s Gulf Coast. . . . — — Map (db m39628) HM |
| Near Jefferson Drive Southwest west of 3rd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Buffalo Dancer II
Case bronze, ed. 2/4
26/7920
Gift of the Pueblo of Pojoaque, George Rivera and Glenn Green Galleries
For the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest, the Buffalo Dance is an enduring celebration, a prayer for the well-being . . . — — Map (db m113968) HM |
| On 15th Street Northwest just south of Constitution Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Early Conservation Efforts
In the past, live oaks were so valuable to shipbuilding and U.S. national security that in the early 1800s Congress passed laws to prevent them from being harvested illegally. The U.S. government also purchased and . . . — — Map (db m143310) HM |
| On Independence Avenue Southwest west of 3rd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling west. |
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The circles and moon phases marked on the pavement refer to a phenomenon known as lunar standstills. Lunar standstills occur every 18.6 years when the moon reaches a northern extreme at summer solstice and a southern extreme at winter solstice. . . . — — Map (db m110068) HM |
| Near Jefferson Drive Southwest west of 4th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east. |
| | We Were Always Here, 2012
Old-growth Western red cedar, Port Orford cedar, old-growth Douglas fir, oak, maple, stain, sealer
Commissioned from the artist 2011 (26/8852)
In creating these two poles from a single old-growth cedar . . . — — Map (db m113974) HM |
| Near Jefferson Drive Southwest west of 3rd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east. |
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For centuries, Native peoples have used the bark, roots, and leaves of the sassafras tree as medicine and flavoring in food and beverages.
As Native peoples taught settlers how to harvest and use sassafras, demand grew quickly. In the 1700s, . . . — — Map (db m113972) HM |
| Near Maryland Avenue Southwest west of 3rd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Distinguished by its scarlet hourglass-shaped flowers and white sap, the swamp milkweed is a beautiful wetlands plant. The Menominee harvested the plant "heads" when in full bloom and added them to soup, or stored them for winter use. The Sac and . . . — — Map (db m114146) HM |
| Near Jefferson Drive Southwest west of 3rd Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east. |
| | You are standing next to an upland hardwood forest—a group of shrubs and more than 30 species of trees—that reflects the dense forests of the Blue Ridge Mountains and other local sites.
The Forests' Bounty
The Nanticoke and . . . — — Map (db m113971) HM |
| Near Maryland Avenue Southwest west of 3rd Street Southwest, on the left when traveling east. |
| | These diverse wetlands—and the ducks, squirrels, and dragonflies that make their home here—represent the original Chesapeake Bay environment, the largest estuary in North America. Chesapeake means "Great Shellfish Bay" in the Algonquian . . . — — Map (db m113965) HM |
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